[SAC] Bounce action notification

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

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Thanks Alex,
I have a list of currently 64 hotmail accounts that have been
deactivated on our lists and can either mail them with a short
explanation from one of my private accounts (which should not be
blocked).

Let me know if you want me to do anything.

There is a sort of recommendation forming to not use hotmail accounts
with OSGeo lists. If you think we should publish this somewhere please
go ahead. It even might sense to add a link on the mailing list
registration template to our Wiki with current information of this
type. Then people can read it even before subscribing.

Cheers,
Arnulf

On 09/12/2013 05:53 PM, Alex Mandel wrote:
> On 09/12/2013 08:03 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
>> On 09/12/2013 12:40 PM, Martin Spott wrote:
>>> Too many Hotmail users marked incoming mail from
>>> "mail.osgeo.org" as unsolicited (whatever "too many" means),
>>> that's why Hotmail decided to block the entire host.  I suspect
>>> there's little we can do about it.
>> 
>>> Cheers, Martin.
>> 
>> Umm. Well, then we might indeed want to write an email to the 64
>> who have so far been kicked out to at least let them know that
>> they will not receive mails through the lists anymore.
>> 
>> Unsure what to do.
>> 
>> Suggestions?
>> 
> 
> A formal letter to hotmail explaining that we are a subscription
> based opt in service, and in fact a real organization not created
> for the purposes of spamming should suffice.
> 
> I'll note we are not alone in our issues with hotmail: "60 percent
> of fake twitter accounts are via hotmail" 
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/deciphering-the-tricks-of-the-twitter-spammers/
>
>  We probably should recommend to our users that hotmail is not a
> good service to use as it's one of the most widely hacked and is
> subject to randomly blocking all sorts of senders: 
> http://www.stopbouncing.com/articles/mail-bouncing-from-hotmail
> 
> Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ Sac
> mailing list Sac at lists.osgeo.org 
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/sac
> 


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